''Popular Music from Vittula'' (;

Meänkieli (literally 'our language'), or Tornedalian is a Finnic language or a group of distinct Finnish dialects spoken in the northernmost part of Sweden, particularly along the Torne River Valley. It is officially recognized in Sweden as one of the ...

: ''Poppimysiikkiä Vittulasta''; Finnish: ''Populäärimusiikkia Vittulajänkältä'') is a novel by Mikael Niemi. It was published in Sweden in 2000, the English translation by

Laurie Thompson Laurie Thompson (26 February 1938 – 8 June 2015) was a British Academia, academic and translator, noted for his translations of Swedish language, Swedish literature into English language, English. Thompson was born in York, England, and lived ...

followed in 2003. A film based on the book was released in 2004. The book won the 2000

August Prize The August Prize () is an annual Swedish literary prize awarded each year since 1989 by the Swedish Publishers' Association. The prize is awarded to the best Swedish book of the year, in three categories. The Swedish Publishers' Association also ...

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{{Authority control 2000 Swedish novels August Prize–winning works Novels set in Norrbotten County Swedish-language novels